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Lactobacilli isolated from sugary kefir grains capable of polysaccharide production and minicell formation.
The Journal of applied bacteriology - 1 Sept 1990
Pidoux M, Marshall V M, Zanoni P, Brooker B
Abstract excerpt
Homo- and heterofermentative species of Lactobacillus have been isolated from sugary kefir grains. Most of the homofermentative strains fermented tagatose and aldonitol and presented 48-54% of homology with Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei NCDO 151 (ex Lactobacillus casei). The two variants of a hetero-fermentative species, although fermenting arabinose, were related to Lactobacillus hilgardii NCDO 264...
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